WhatsApp recently rolled out its ‘Delete for Everyone’ feature for the iOS, Android, and WindowsPhone users. It was a much-anticipated attribute whose arrival de-stressed many of the persistent users who have done blunders by sending the inexact message to the people in the past. The feature lets you delete the messages on both the sender’s and the receiver’s ends.

The ‘Delete for Everyone’ feature has become quite popular among the masses who got a way out of their mistakes. It lets the sender delete the sent message for everyone within seven minutes. Though the receiver receives the notification about the deletion of the message but he is not able to see the message; relaxing the nerves of the people who frequently text.

But here’s the killjoy! As per a report by a Spanish website Android Jefe, the deleted WhatsApp messages are not permanently deleted. In fact, they are still there in your smartphones in the Android system and the users have the authority to acquire them undeniably.

WhatsApp has over 900M+ users which it acquired in a short span of just 6 years, the free video calling feature on this popular IM service is surely going to give competition substantial jitters of the likes of Apple (FaceTime), Microsoft (Skype), Google (Hangouts) and mobile-carriers.

The much awaited WhatsApp Calling feature already made it's way to Android OS and there are tricks to get a glimpse of the feature if you have an rooted android phone. The feature which has already been officially confirmed to CNET by WhatsApp spokesperson and now a selected few Apple iOS users have started getting WhatsApp Calling feature activated on their devices, the images and videos of the same are as shared below. Do mind that the Apple iOS WhatsApp version shown in the app is 2.11.17 which is most probably a beta version as the latest version listed on iTunes Store is v 2.11.16.

Also, beware of the fake WhatsApp messages circulating which claims to activate the calling feature asking users to invite others to get it. The said message asks you to complete a survey after using your help to spread to 10 other numbers and will eventually install malware on the phone. Stay clear of this scam.

Just days after WhatsApp introduced the much needed Desktop/Web access for the world's leading instant messenger service, we now have WhatsApp Call feature making it's appearance on some selective installations. It seems the WhatsApp Voice Call feature will be invite only for now where a user who already has the feature can initiate a call to a new user activating it on the other users installation. A semi-functional trick to activate the WhatsApp Call feature before everybody else is shared below.

If you have been resorting to hacks to get WhatsApp on your Desktop/Laptop here is some excellent news for you, WhatsApp for Web is now officially available allowing users to get WhatsApp on any computer from their web-browser.

WhatsApp for Web allows users to simultaneously access their WhatsApp account from phone, tablet, Desktop or laptop in realtime. Currently WhatsApp on the web works with Android, BlackBerry, Nokia and Windows phones, Apple iOS users cannot use the new feature due to platform limitations. Simply follow the steps shared below to get WhatsApp Web activated for your account.

Mark Zuckerberg took industry by surprise by offering $19 Billion USD to get WhatsApp under the facebook nameplate, and the valuation has certainly made WhatsApp competition to get more aggressive. The second in line after WhatsApp, WeChat with a userbase of 355 million users has started a new messaging wars by releasing videos advertisement depicting Mark Zuckerberg to promote their app showing how are they offering a superior product then WhatsApp. Enjoy, both the new video ads from WeChat shared below.

Facebook "Likes" WhatsApp in a big way, so big, that they bought it for a whooping deal valuing $19 billion. The deal involves paying WhatsApp team a total of $4 billion in cash, $12 billion in stock and $3 billion in restricted stock vested over several years. It is to be noted that this deal is worth more than what Facebook raised in its own IPO, this is not all - the acquisition is not only the company's largest but also bigger than any that Google, Microsoft or Apple have ever done.

WhatsApp strictly stuck to the "No Ads" and "100% Private" no data sharing policy for long maintaining the 450 million monthly active userbase, with this acquisition the big question is "What about privacy and intrusive advertising which facebook is often associated with?". Well both facebook and WhatsApp has written about this as shared below.

We have seen how iTunes cryptic numeric error codes can be a huge pain to understand and solve. Imagine the confusion and frustration when an application clearly shows the error and it's solution but refuses to work even after the remedy, while WhatsApp for PC is definetly a good idea using it on mobile platform is the intended usage. I recently came across an strange error on my friends WhatsApp install on an Google Android tablet where it refused to launch showing "Your phone date is inaccurate! Adjust your clock and try again." error, strangely the date and time settings were accurate and even network fetched clock sync did not make WhatsApp buzz.

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